2021 Rally Finland

2021 Rally Finland
Secto Rally Finland 2021
Round 10 of 12 in the 2021 World Rally Championship
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Adrien Fourmaux and Alexandre Coria at the start line of a special stage during the event.
Host country Finland
Rally baseJyväskylä, Central Finland
Dates run1 – 3 October 2021
Start locationJyväskylä, Central Finland
Finish locationRuuhimäki, Toivakka
Stages19 (287.11 km; 178.40 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceGravel
Transport distance772.12 km (479.77 miles)
Overall distance1,059.23 km (658.18 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered43
Crews43 at start, 37 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerUnited Kingdom Elfyn Evans
United Kingdom Scott Martin
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
2:19:13.7
Power Stage winnerUnited Kingdom Elfyn Evans
United Kingdom Scott Martin
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
5:18.9
Support category results
WRC-2 winnerFinland Teemu Suninen
Finland Mikko Markkula
Italy Movisport
2:29:05.8
WRC-3 winnerFinland Emil Lindholm
Finland Reeta Hämäläinen
2:30:06.5

The 2021 Rally Finland (also known as the Secto Rally Finland 2021) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three days between 1 and 3 October 2021.[2] It marked the seventieth running of the Rally Finland. The event was the tenth round of the 2021 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2021 event was based in Jyväskylä in Central Finland and was contested over nineteen special stages totalling 287.11 km (178.40 mi) in competitive distance.[1]

Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. The team they drove for in 2019, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending winners in the WRC-2 category,[4][a] but they did not defend their titles, as they were promoted to the top class by Toyota.[5] In the WRC-3 category, Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog were the reigning rally winners,[4][b] but they did not defend their titles neither, as Kristensson was promoted to the WRC-2 class by M-Sport Ford World Rally Team.[6]

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin won the rally for the first time and their second of their season. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, successfully defended their titles.[7] In the World Rally Championship-2 category, Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula won the event.[8] The local crew of Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen took their maiden victory in the World Rally Championship-3 category.[9]

  1. ^ a b "Itinerary Rally Finland 2021". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Autumn date change for Rally Finland". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Sunday in Finland: Double delight for Tänak". wrc.com. WRC. 4 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b "WRC 2 in Finland: Fourth win for dominant Kalle". wrc.com. WRC. 4 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Toyota reveals 2020 line-up". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Junior winner Kristensson joins M-Sport Ford's WRC2 Squad". wrc.com. WRC. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Evans powers to momentous Rally Finland win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  8. ^ "WRC2: Super Suninen wins in Finland". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  9. ^ "WRC3: Lindholm nets maiden victory at home". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.


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